Each kit will also include a 4 ounce glass mason jar and closure, the perfect container to use for successfully creating this jojoba oil ointment recipe, as well as full written instructions for completing the batch.

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* All ingredients within this recipe are also available to purchase in bulk right here at soap-making-resource.com.

The finished product produced from our jojoba oil ointment recipe has a large variety of applications. It can be used as a moisturizer that may help improve troubled skin, as a salve to help soothe sunburn or it can even be massaged into your hair and scalp and used as an all-natural treatment that has been reported to effectively combat dry, damaged hair and mitigate the symptoms of dandruff. As you can see, SMR's skin loving jojoba oil ointment is a highly versatile product that can be attractive to your customers for a variety of reasons and marketed by your company in a variety of ways!

Below is a list of the ingredients and equipment that you will need to complete a batch of our jojoba oil ointment recipe. The following formula will produce about 3 ounces of finished product.

Secondary wide-mouthed container, preferably one with a pouring spout (A simple pyrex measuring cup works well for this!)

Crockpot (Optional, but highly recommended)

* Unless otherwise noted, all ounces mentioned throughout this recipe are weight ounces, not liquid ounces.

Note: As you can see in the jojoba oil ointment recipe above, unlike most of SMR's other recipes, we are measuring our essential oil portions through drops from a pipette instead of by weight. We have decided to use this method of measurement because the amounts of each essential oil needed for this very small batch are simply too miniscule to weigh out on a standard scale. We are, after all, dealing with essential oil quantities that weigh only a fraction of a gram. Keep in mind, however, that if you were to manufacture a larger lot of this jojoba oil ointment, depending on the batch size, it may become feasible for you to measure the necessary essential oil quantities by weight as all ingredient portions, including the required amount of essential oils, would proportionately increase. If you do decide to measure out the essential oils needed for a larger batch using a weight measurement instead of calculating drops from a pipette, simply follow the proportion of 4 parts carrot seed essential oil, 3 parts tea tree essential oil and 3 parts lavender (premium) essential oil to duplicate the combination demonstrated within this recipe.

Once all of the above formula components are fully integrated, the finished batch may weigh slightly less than 3 ounces due to the fact that a small portion of the infused jojoba oil will be absorbed into the calendula petals and eventually strained out and removed from the finished product. The resulting batch, however, despite this small ingredient loss, will be more than enough product for many topical applications. A little goes a very long way when applying this jojoba oil ointment to your skin!

Each step to successfully complete this jojoba oil ointment recipe is described in full detail below. Enjoy the tutorial everyone!

Step 1) First, we will measure out the necessary amount of calendula petals needed for our jojoba oil ointment recipe. Calendula petals are extremely bulky, so you won't need very much for this batch. In fact, for our 3 ounce jojoba oil ointment recipe, we will only need 5 grams (.17637 ounces) of calendula petals. As you can see in the picture below, this seemingly small amount of this bulky botanical takes up almost our entire recipe vessel.

We have decided to measure out our calendula petals portion using grams instead of ounces as this small unit of measurement is much more precise and is significantly easier to work with when weighing out small ingredient portions. In fact, most scales that are able to weigh products in ounces will not even offer enough decimal places to accurately weigh .17637 ounces (5 grams) of an ingredient.

As you can see in the image above, I am measuring out the calendula petals into a small 4 ounce glass mason jar. This is the container that we will be using to combine all of our jojoba oil ointment recipe components.

I strongly recommend that you use a glass mason jar, as demonstrated throughout this tutorial, to create your jojoba oil ointment. In an upcoming step, after our golden jojoba oil is incorporated into the calendula petals, we will be partially submerging this vessel into hot water in order to create the calendula petals and jojoba oil infusion. Because we will be warming the contents of our container using a "hot water bath" method, it is important that you measure out your ingredients into a container that can tolerate a substantial amount of heat. A mason jar is specifically designed to withstand heat, so I find it to be an ideal container for creating the infusion needed for this jojoba oil ointment recipe.

Furthermore, mason jars usually come with a sealed leak-proof closure. This type of lid allows you to thoroughly mix together all ingredients within your formula by putting a closure on the jar and then shaking the contents of your container. Remember, you won't have to worry about any leakage as the rubber seal that accompanies most mason jar lids will adequately prevent the contents of your container from escaping. Simply measure out all the ingredients into the mason jar, tightly secure the lid, and then vigorously shake the vessel's contents until all of your formula components are fully integrated.

Step 2) Next, measure out the necessary amount of SMR's golden jojoba oil needed for your batch. Our particular jojoba oil ointment recipe requires 3 ounces of golden jojoba oil. Carefully weigh out this portion into the same mason jar that is housing the calendula petals that you had prepared in the previous step.

Note: If you do not have a crockpot to create the "hot water bath" as shown above, you can complete this step by heating the water in a standard stovetop pot instead. Just be sure to use the lowest setting on your cooktop burner so you do not overheat your product. Remember to monitor the burner at all times!

To complete this step, first you will need to cautiously remove the mason jar that is holding your ingredients from the water within your crockpot. At this point, the mason jar may be extremely hot, so remember to use an oven mitt, thick towel or a metal mason jar lifter when handling the container. Alternately, you can turn off the crockpot and allow the mason jar to set within the water for several hours until it is cool enough to handle.

After the infusion has adequately cooled to a level in which it can be handled safely, remove the mason jar's lid and carefully pour the golden jojoba oil and calendula petals combination through a fine-mesh strainer, cheesecloth or paint strainer bag and into another container, effectively filtering out the botanical.

For our batch, we decided to filter out the calendula petals through a paint strainer bag as this soft, pliable filter allows us to accumulate and squeeze the calendula petals, as shown in the picture below, releasing a large portion of the jojoba oil that had previously been absorbed by the botanical.

Note: Paint strainer bags can be purchased at most hardware stores and are relatively inexpensive. This filter's bag-like design makes it exceptionally convenient for use in this particular filtering application.

For those who prefer to use a food grade filtering application, yet still have the ability to squeeze the botanical to release the absorbed jojoba oil, a cheesecloth filter is definitely a viable option. Although it is not quite as easy as using a paint strainer bag and is typically more expensive, when using a cheesecloth filter you can successfully accumulate and squeeze the calendula petals to salvage valuable calendula-infused jojoba oil. When creating your jojoba oil ointment, you definitely want as little infused jojoba oil going to waste as possible.

When squeezing the calendula petals, I recommend that you wear gloves so that you do not contaminate your product. Wearing gloves during this step also ensures that you will not absorb the infused jojoba oil through your skin, unintentionally reducing the size of your batch. Also make absolutely sure that the infused jojoba oil is cool enough to safely touch before completing this step.

Before completing this step, make sure that the mason jar doesn't contain any leftover calendula petal particles that did not make it through the previous straining process. If you find any botanical debris, do your best to remove it before pouring the strained golden jojoba oil back into the container!

Keep in mind that within this jojoba oil ointment recipe, you do have the option to leave the calendula petals within your finished product giving your jojoba oil ointment a unique look and feel, as you can see in the picture below.

In addition to enhancing your product's visual appeal, leaving the calendula petals within your finished product also allows this botanical to continue to infuse within the jojoba oil after your ointment has already been created. This will most likely cause your jojoba oil ointment to develop even more therapeutic skincare benefits over an extended period of time.

Furthermore, refraining from straining out the calendula petals from your batch gives you the option to retrieve the jojoba soaked calendula petals from your finished product and apply them directly to your skin. Applying the jojoba soaked calendula petals topically may offer additional soothing and healing properties that may be beneficial to you, particularly if you are treating sunburn or extremely dry skin.

Although refraining from filtering out the calendula petals may enhance your product's visual appeal and offer additional skincare benefits, I only recommend leaving this botanical within the jojoba oil ointment if you are intending to use it solely for personal use, are planning to avoid long term storage of your product, and are expecting to pack the ointment in a wide-mouthed container. Furthermore, if you decide to leave the calendula petals within your jojoba oil ointment, you should not be intending to use the ointment in hair-care applications.

Unfortunately, leaving the calendula petals, even the high quality dried calendula petals that SMR supplies, within your jojoba oil ointment may cause some potential issues with your finished product. First of all, if you are storing the ointment for long periods of time, the calendula petals may wilt, turn brown or even grow moldy causing the petals to have a generally unattractive appearance and potentially negative skincare effects.

Secondly, if left within your jojoba oil ointment, the oil-soaked calendula petals may clog the dispensing orifice of your product's container. Of course, this would only occur if you are packaging your finished product in a container that has a miniscule opening. If you are using a wide-mouthed container, however, such as the mason jar that's been shown throughout this jojoba oil ointment recipe demonstration, inadvertently clogging your product's dispensing outlet should not be an issue.

After the calendula petals are successfully removed, the resulting smooth jojoba oil ointment can easily be massaged into the hair and scalp as a beneficial all-natural treatment that has been reported to successfully improve dry hair and alleviate the symptoms of dandruff. Unfortunately, however, leaving the calendula petals within your ointment will make it difficult, and for some, unappealing to use the finished product for hair-care applications as the oil-soaked botanical will inevitably become entangled within the user's hair.

Again, as a general rule of thumb, it is strongly recommended that you remove the calendula petals from your product if you plan on selling your jojoba oil ointment commercially, are going to store your finished product for an extended period of time, are packaging your product in a container that has a small exit orifice or plan to use the product produced with this jojoba oil ointment recipe for hair-care purposes.

Step 6) Now that the calendula petals and jojoba oil infusion is successfully created and the botanical has been thoroughly strained from our batch, we are ready to incorporate the therapeutic blend of SMR's all-natural skincare essential oils.

Note: Usually I prefer to portion out each essential oil needed for a blend into a separate container so that if I accidentally over-measure one of the essential oils, I can easily draw some out. Drawing out a specific essential oil, of course, would not be possible if we are measuring out the essential oils directly into our main batch as they would instantly mix with the other ingredients. For this jojoba oil ointment recipe, however, we have decided to measure out the essential oils directly into the main batch as we are using such a small volume of each aromatic ingredient that it is particularly important to avoid losing any of the essential oils due to a portion of the ingredients remaining on the inside of the transfer containers. In fact, even if a seemingly minute amount of an essential oil remains within the container you had used when measuring it out, the final scent and skincare qualities of your finished product may be noticeably altered as the product loss would proportionately be highly significant.

Step 7) Finally, once the required amount of essential oils has been added to your jojoba oil ointment batch, securely fasten the closure onto your mason jar and vigorously shake your product until all the recipe components become fully integrated throughout the batch.

Congratulations! You have successfully completed the SMR jojoba oil ointment recipe and your product is now 100% complete and ready to use on your skin. At this point, if you created a larger batch of jojoba oil ointment and are selling it on a commercial basis, you can pack the finished product into its final containers.

Here at SMR, we are simply leaving our concoction in the 4 ounce mason jar that we had used to create our tiny batch. As you can see below, the finished product when left in the mason jar looks wonderfully rustic and rural.

To apply your newly created product, carefully pour a small dime-sized amount of jojoba oil ointment onto the palm of your hand and thoroughly rub it into your skin where needed. If desired, you can also gently massage the ointment into your hair and scalp. Keep in mind, however, that you should always test a small amount of your product on a non-sensitive epidermal area, like your wrist, before applying it to your body on a larger scale.

Thank you all for taking a look at this jojoba oil ointment recipe. I sincerely hope that it has helped you! Keep in mind that all of the ingredients used within this jojoba oil ointment recipe demonstration are available to purchase right here at soap-making-resource.com. Please call our offices at 717-397-4104 if you have any questions. We are happy to help you!

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